diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/UserProfiles/UserProfileModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/UserProfiles/UserProfileModule.cs
index 72e557cd99..322addd805 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/UserProfiles/UserProfileModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/Avatar/UserProfiles/UserProfileModule.cs
@@ -1317,7 +1317,16 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.OptionalModules.Avatar.UserProfiles
             Stream rstream = webResponse.GetResponseStream();
 
             OSDMap response = new OSDMap();
-            response = (OSDMap)OSDParser.DeserializeJson(rstream);
+            try
+            {
+                response = (OSDMap)OSDParser.DeserializeJson(rstream);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                m_log.DebugFormat("[PROFILES]: JsonRpcRequest Error {0} - remote user with legacy profiles?", e.Message);
+                return false;
+            }
+
             if(response.ContainsKey("error"))
             {
                 data = response["error"];